Our Agenda

Christian Coalition of America's Agenda for the 115th Congress

Repeal and Replacing Obamacare

The pro-abortion Obamacare legislation which passed the Democrat-controlled 111th Congress in early 2010 and which accounts for 1/6th of the American economy must be repealed and replaced with the commonsense reforms advocated by the majority party. The first major bill passed by the Republican-controlled 112th Congress on January 19, 2011 was indeed the repeal of Obamacare and it passed overwhelmingly by a bipartisan majority.

Christian Coalition of America is determined to eliminate the most onerous provisions of Obamacare, which among many other faults, forces Americans to pay for abortions with their hard-earned tax dollars. Obamacare also forces Christian owners of businesses to pay for abortion drugs, contraceptives, and other services which are against the consciences of these business owners. The Christian Coalition of America will work to defund and ultimately eliminate each part of Obamacare.

Stand With Israel

In recent years it has become fashionable to publicly push the Israeli people should trade land for peace, which further undermines the peace and security of America’s most reliable ally in the middle-east. Meanwhile, the people Israel is supposed to give up their land to are governed by the terrorist organizations like Hamas.

Christian Coalition of America is committed to the peace and security of Israel – and that means that the United States and its leaders must be in a position of strengthening Israel in the face of those who are openly committed to its destruction.

We believe as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated, “The problems of the region are not rooted in Israel.” That is why Christian Coalition of America is launching a national campaign to call on Americans and our government to “Stand with Israel”.

The Coalition will work at the state and national levels to advocate for passage of resolutions of support for Israel that recognize Israel’s right to exist as a state and homeland for the Jewish people, that support its right to defend its borders, and that recognize Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel.

We will work to support government policies and officials who support those principles.

Reducing Government Spending and Debt

Our national debt is now 20 trillion dollars and growing by over one trillion dollars a year. The national debt was actually doubled during the past 8 years; more than the debt accumulated by the last 43 presidents combined.…The national debt represents a total of over $53,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. And that doesn’t include tens of trillions in “unofficial” debt in entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and now, Obamacare.

Year after year Congress borrows more money and then spends all that it borrows; and year after year they vote to increase our national debt limit. Now we are borrowing money to make payments on the money that we have borrowed. That’s called insolvency, and it’s where we’re headed if we don’t change course fast.The fact of the matter is that our country doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. Quite simply, government is too big and it spends too much. We believe that unsustainable government spending is immoral and will place an incredible burden on our children and grandchildren and limit their access to the American dream.

Christian Coalition of America will work to support passage of a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution, oppose further tax increases, support flatter, fairer tax rates, and an end to the death tax.

Reestablishing a Peace Through Strength Military Policy

After eight years of the administration gutting the military thus endangering the lives of Americans, Christian Coalition of America will fight to reestablish the highly successful Reagan Peace Through Strength policy which was a major factor in the defeat of the Soviet Union and its communist Eastern Europe allies.

The United States of America needs an overwhelming military force which will ensure that our enemies will not challenge us; which unfortunately has been the case during the past 8 years. Christian Coalition will strive to overturn the sequestration of funding for our courageous military personnel in the 115th Congress.

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Defending our Second Amendment Rights

Time and again, liberals attempt to use tragedies to create a perceived “crisis” that requires a new, bigger, government “solution”. Fewer places is this more true than when it comes to our Second Amendment rights.

Despite having thousands of gun-control laws already on the books throughout our county, anti-gun zealots are trying to use real tragedies like the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary or in Aurora, Colorado to create a demand for legislation that will do nothing to prevent such tragedies, but would in fact infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens.

Christian Coalition of America will advocate against further erosion of our Second Amendment liberties, and in favor of solutions to care for those with mental illness and protect themselves and others from the harm they may do.

Each year pro-life Americans have to put up with the fact that their tax-dollars are being used by entities such as Planned Parenthood to kill unborn children. This must stop.

Planned Parenthood receives well over $500 million from American taxpayers every year. Christian Coalition of America believes that the one year defunding of Planned Parenthood advocated by the Speaker of the House for this coming Fiscal Year is a good beginning. However, legislation must be introduced and passed to permanently defund this onerous organization.

We will work to support and pass legislation that will end all public funding of abortion, whether in the form of federal health care benefits, grants to organizations like Planned Parenthood, or to support the use of federal government facilities to facilitate abortion.

With so many promising new developments in the area of adult stem cell research, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for the government to continue to allow – much less expand – funding for research and destruction of embryonic stem cells. Despite this fact, the Obama administration and the Democrat leadership in Congress have done everything possible to expand tax-payer funding for human embryonic stem cell research.

Christian Coalition of America will work to roll back tax payer funding for human embryonic stem cell research and will fight to defeat any measures that expand embryonic stem cell research and spotlight all members of Congress who support using taxpayer dollars for this abominable practice.

Defending Traditional Marriage

The definition of traditional marriage in the United States was overturned by 5 radical Supreme Court Justices in June 2015.

These five judicial dictators unilaterally legislated from the bench that the 31 state constitutional amendments voted for by tens of millions of American voters -- all of which defined in their State Constitutions that marriage is only between one man and one woman -- were unconstitutional.

Contrary to some politicians in Washington D.C., that dictated Supreme Court ruling is not “settled law.” Five left-wing justices should not be allowed to redefine an institution that has existed for thousands of years.

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Energy Independence and Reform

America's economic growth, national security and the health of our environment are all intertwined with our country's energy policies - and we need a better plan. We can better ensure our national security, strengthen our economy and protect our environment at the same time by developing "Made in America" energy resources.

By doing a better job of developing domestic sources of energy, we help make our country more secure and independent, and send fewer dollars overseas to enrich countries that hate us.

We need an all-American, "all of the above" approach to our energy needs. A solution that allows for the development of American resources to lower our gas prices, but also recognizes we must work towards a much more diversified energy future. We are convinced that we can build an independent energy future, a stronger economy and make our nation more secure, as well as fulfill our scriptural obligation to use and take care of God’s creation in a responsible manner.

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Ending Religious Discrimination Against Christians in the Military

America’s military personnel are constantly facing challenges from our own government when it comes to living their faith.

In recent years the Navy and Air Force instituted regulations which forbade military chaplains from praying in the name of Jesus during military functions other than worship services. These services have surrendered to atheist activists and left-wing Members of Congress in adopting these onerous regulations. Fortunately Congress rolled back these regulations, but only after an outcry by our nation’s Christians.

And after ending our country’s ban on open homosexuals in the military in a lame-duck session of Congress, the way is now open for the government to discriminate against Christians at all levels of our nation’s military in myriad ways.

Christian Coalition of America will also fight to ensure that evangelical Christian military chaplains and other personnel are not discriminated against.

OpposingLiberal Judicial Nominees

We support the nomination and confirmation of judges -- including the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the 115th Congress -- who will uphold and apply the Constitution as it was originally written by our Founding Fathers and will not seek to re-write it to their own ideological ends, or to make law from the bench.

Christian Coalition of America will be monitoring all of the judicial nominations sent to the United States Senate by President Trump. Christian Coalition of America will support nominees who abide by a philosophy of applying the original understanding of our Constitution. And Christian Coalition will stand in firm opposition to the confirmation of all who do not.

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Opposing any Re-introduction of the "Fairness Doctrine"

Christian Coalition of America will fight to prevent any re-introduction of the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" from taking effect, whether in the form of Congressional legislation or government regulation.

The "Fairness Doctrine" – which would have the practical effect of forcing radio and TV stations to broadcast an equal amount of time for liberal programs to match that of each conservative program – was abolished in the 1980’s by former President Ronald Reagan.

If it is allowed to come back, it would effectively end conservative talk-radio and put Christian television programming at risk.